A skill your agent uses when applies to all HTML pages. An agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Robots Meta

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill robots-meta -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist robots-meta --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/robots-meta .claude/skills/robots-meta && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
robots-meta
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~494 tokens
SKILL.md length
212 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when applies to all HTML pages. An agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • Applies to all HTML pages
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Auditing pages that have disappeared from search results

What it does

Robots Meta is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when applies to all HTML pages. Use when auditing pages that have disappeared from search results or when checking staging vs. production meta tag parity.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering On-page SEO and HTML artifacts. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Applies to all HTML pages
  • Auditing pages that have disappeared from search results
  • Checking staging vs

Example prompts

  • “/robots-meta”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Robots Meta loads about 494 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 212 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~494
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 212 words, ~494 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/robots-meta/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
robots-meta
description
Use when applies to all HTML pages. Use when auditing pages that have disappeared from search results or when checking staging vs. production meta tag parity.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/robots-meta

Set robots meta directives correctly

An accidental noindex on a key landing page silently removes it from search results; audit every page's robots directive to avoid invisible ranking losses.

Quick Reference

  • Place <meta name="robots" content="..."> in <head> to control indexing per-page
  • Use noindex only on pages that should not appear in search results
  • Avoid noindex, nofollow on pages you want crawled for PageRank flow
  • Crawler-specific tags (googlebot, bingbot) override the generic robots tag for that crawler

Check

Inspect <head> for <meta name="robots" content="...">. Verify the content value is intentional (e.g., production pages should not have noindex). Check for conflicting googlebot-specific tags.

Fix

Remove or update the noindex directive from pages that should appear in search results. For pages that must be blocked, confirm noindex is intentional. Remove duplicate or conflicting robots meta tags.

Explain

Explain the difference between robots.txt and meta robots, when each should be used, and why noindex combined with follow still allows link equity to flow.

Code Review

Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Set robots meta directives correctly. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/robots-meta

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/robots-meta of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about Robots Meta

What does Robots Meta do?

A skill your agent uses when applies to all HTML pages. An agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Robots Meta is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when applies to all HTML pages.

When should I use Robots Meta?

Robots Meta fits situations like: applies to all HTML pages; auditing pages that have disappeared from search results; checking staging vs.

How do I install Robots Meta in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill robots-meta -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/robots-meta in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/robots-meta in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Robots Meta in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill robots-meta -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/robots-meta in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/robots-meta in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Robots Meta in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill robots-meta -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/robots-meta, .gemini/skills/robots-meta, .github/skills/robots-meta and .opencode/skills/robots-meta in your project.

What does Robots Meta need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Robots Meta is instructions for the agent only.

Does Robots Meta access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Robots Meta safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Robots Meta use?

Robots Meta is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Robots Meta use?

About 494 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Robots Meta?

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Who maintains Robots Meta?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.